October 19, 2005

A World Series For Houston!

At last, the Houston Astros make the World Series.

And after a season that began 15-30, no less!

Finally. After 44 years of waiting.

The Astros reached the team's first World Series with a 4-2 NLCS series victory after dominating the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 in Game 6 tonight.

Houston leads 5-1 tonight after Morgan Ensberg singled in Craig Biggio for a seventh inning score of 5-1. Adam Everett's suicide squeeze scored Chris Burke in the sixth inning for a 4-1 lead for the Astros.

St. Louis' only score came on pinch-hitter John Rodriguez's sacrifice fly to center, scoring Mark Grudzielanek in the fifth inning to cut Houston's lead to 3-1.

Earlier, Jason Lane's solo home run in the fourth inning gave Houston a 3-0.

Tonight's scoring opened when St. Louis starter Mark Mulder's wild pitch allowed Brad Ausmus a run in the top of the third. Next up was Craig Biggio who singled in Adam Everett for a 2-0 lead.

Houston sent Roy Oswalt to the mound against lefthander Mulder.

Houston fans have watched the Astros get close many times, moving within one victory of the World Series in 1980 and again last year. The 1986 Astros also came close, although that club didn't have the NLCS lead the 1980 and 2004 Astros lost.

In the franchise's 44th season, Oswalt and Co. provided the ending nobody could have expected in June. They gave the city of Houston the celebration it expected Monday night, last year and in 1980.

Hurrah, boys -- I wish you the best.

And on a sadder note, farewell to Busch Stadium from this former St. Louisan.

Posted by: Greg at 04:28 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 I saw my first professional baseball game at Busch stadium soon after it opened, but, come on, it's really not that great a stadium. I'm looking forward to the new one.

Posted by: Dan at Thu Oct 20 10:42:17 2005 (y9xzG)

2 I saw my first baseball game at the Astrodome in 1979. I watched the last Astros game ever playd at the 'Dome on October 9, 1999.

I was at the very first game (exhibition) ever played at Enron Field (now Minute Maid) against the Yankees in March of 2000. In April of 2000, I watched the first ever regular season game at Enron against the Philadelphia Phillies.

And on Tuesday, Oct 25th, I will be in attendance to watch the first ever World Series game played by my beloved 'Stros.

All is very, very right in the world.

Posted by: Robbie at Thu Oct 20 11:08:37 2005 (lbWbV)

3 I moved to Houston the year that they became an expansion team; watched a few games at the old Colt Stadium and watched as the Astrodome was built. I worked as a vendor and in the food preparation areas as a kid, met my wife who worked making popcorn and so I have been waiting a long time for this. I also worked as a cop moonlighting at the Astrodome for several years and got paid to watch baseball games, go figure.

Go Astros!

Posted by: TF Stern at Thu Oct 20 14:52:55 2005 (dz3wA)

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